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References

Professor Jack Williams (Postdoc PI)

jwwilliams1@wisc.edu

Professor George Perry (PhD Supervisor)

george.perry@auckland.ac.nz

Professor Anthony Ives (Postdoc PI)

arives@wisc.edu



Citations and h-index

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Quinn Asena

Post-doctoral research associate developing and applying new statistical methods to palaeoecological data to understand ecosystem responses to environmental change. Working with Jack Williams and Tony Ives on data across North America on an NSF funded project: Abrupt Change in Ecosystems. I also like to get hands on in the field and lab.

Education

PhD, University of Auckland

School of Environment

Auckland, NZ

2021 - 2017

  • Exploring virtual ecological methods for generating pseudoproxy data to assess statistical inferences under data uncertainty.
  • Supervised by George Perry and Janet Wilmshurst.

MEnv. Environmental Science

University of York

York, UK

2016 - 2012

  • 1st class integrated masters degree in environmental science. Master’s researched involved environmental monitoring using sensor networks and robotics.
  • Courses included: Ecological Principles; Biogeography, Applied Ecology and Environmental Management; Protected Areas; Design and Implementation; Climate Change: Science, Observation & Impacts; Research Skills and Statistical Methods.

Selected Positions

Post-doctoral research associate

University or Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

Present - 2022

  • NSF grant, developing state-space modelling methods to analyse palaeoeological records.
  • Abrupt change in ecosystems project lead by Jack Williams and Anthony Ives.

Research Assistant

University of Auckland

Auckland, NZ

2022 - 2021

  • Conducting a bibliometric analysis on the topic of climate justice.

Engagement Specialist

Centre for e-Research

Auckland, NZ

2022 - 2021

  • Engaging with researchers providing extensive research support by setting up virtual machines, data storage, and analytical workflows for graduate students and research staff.
  • Includes technical skills for virtual machines (Linux, Bash, Slurm), high performance computing, and version control.

Articles and Publications

Statistical analyses of community and paleoecological time series to identify environmental drivers and biotic interactions.

In-prep

N/A

2024

  • Asena, Q., Williams, J., Stefanova, V., Johnson, J., Shuman, B., Ives, A.

Information loss in palaeoecological data from process and observer error

In-prep

N/A

2024

  • Asena, Q., Perry, G.L., Wilmshurst, J.

Packages, apps and resources

George Perry Lab

Interested in the lab group? Visit George Perry’s lab group: Spatial Ecology Group




Williams Lab

Check out the Williams lab




Ives Lab

See what the Ives Lab group do

multinomialTS

R package

N/A

2024

  • R package for state-space modelling of multinomially distributed data
  • Hosted on GitHub

Authoring collaborative research projects in Quarto

Workshop

N/A

2024 - 2022

fisheR

R package

N/A

2019

  • R package for calculating Fisher’s Information on time-series data
  • Code available on GitHub


Selected Workshops and Conferences

Hobbies and Interests

  • Keen musician improving my piano skills

  • Rock climber, if I’m not working I’m probably up a mountain. I teach rock climbing safety at university clubs.

ESA 2024

Ecological Society of America

Long Beach, CA

2024

ESA 2023

Ecological Society of America

Portland, OR

2023

INQUA 2023

International Union For Quaternary Research

Rome, IT

2023